Do I really have to use the highlighted comma in the sentence, or would it be better if I omitted it?
Do I really have to use the highlighted comma in the sentence, or would it be better if I omitted it?
Mrs. Wilson discussed tuberculosis, its cause, symptoms, and treatments, while Dr. Morgan talked about Ebola, its symptoms, and some preventive measures that can be taken against its transmission.
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That is the closing comma for the parenthetical "its cause, symptoms, and treatments", so it is required. If you want to lose commas, you can do without the one after the first "symptoms", and the one after the second "symptoms" is wrong if you consider what follows "Ebola" to be parenthetical, and it is.
- That is the closing comma for the parenthetical "its cause, symptoms, and treatments", so it is required.
- If you want to lose commas, you can do without the one after the first "symptoms", and the one after the second "symptoms" is wrong if you consider what follows "Ebola" to be parenthetical, and it is.
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That is the closing comma for the parenthetical "its cause, symptoms, and treatments", so it is required. If you want to lose commas, you can do without the one after the first "symptoms", and the one after the second "symptoms" is wrong if you consider what follows "Ebola" to be parenthetical, and it is.
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